He case against donald trump is focused on the alleged payment that he made to the porn actress Stormy Daniels. However, the prosecutor mentioned another woman.
According to the documents presented, a payment was made on behalf of Trump to a “Woman 1”, who according to the evidence would be Karen McDougal.
McDougal is a former Playboy model who, like Daniels, claims she had a sexual relationship with Trump.
He claims that the relationship lasted 10 months. The former president denies that it ever happened.
This is what is known about Karen McDougal and to what extent she is involved in this case.
His story
Born in Gary, Indiana, before moving to Michigan as a child, McDougal began competing in swimsuit modeling in her 20s.
She joined the Playboy organization when she won the Model of the Year title in 1998. (Playmate of the Year) and was selected among the “Models of the 90s”, in second place behind actress Pamela Anderson.
She later worked as a fitness model, becoming the pFirst woman to appear on the cover of Men’s Fitness magazine (dealing with male fitness issues) in 1999. She was also cast in TV commercials and small acting roles, including a brief uncredited appearance in the 2000 film “Charlie’s Angels.”
In 2006, The New Yorker magazine reported that, according to McDougal, she had met Trump at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles, California, where the mogul was filming an episode of his reality show “The Apprentice.”
She later wrote that Trump, who was married at the time, “was immediately attracted to me, constantly talking to me, telling me how beautiful I was, etc.”
McDougal claims that she and Trump had a 10-month relationship and that they saw each other “a minimum of five times a month.”. Speaking on CNN news, she described the relationship as loving and consensual.
In 2016, before the presidential election, McDougal signed a deal for $150,000 to tell his story exclusively to the tabloid newspaper The National Enquirer.
The agreement prohibited him from speaking publicly about the alleged love affair.
However, the article was never published and McDougal insists that she was tricked into keeping quiet about the relationship.
Buying an exclusive story for the deliberate purpose of burying it is known in the milieu as “catch and kill,” as The National Enquirer reportedly did to hide negative news about Trump.
In 2021, the US Federal Election Commission, which is tasked with enforcing campaign finance laws, found that the publisher of the Enquirer violated election laws by paying for the exclusive rights to McDougal’s story and never post it.
It found the money, which was paid to McDougal during the 2016 presidential election, amounted to an illegal campaign contribution. The National Enquirer was fined $187,500.
apologies
On her website, Karen McDougal now describes herself as a model, columnist, activist, and model manager.
She calls herself an activist for greater awareness of “breast implant disease,” saying her own implants had made her sick. They were removed in 2017.
In 2018, he publicly apologized to Trump’s wife, Melania, for the alleged relationship, stating: “I’m sorry. I wouldn’t want it done to me.”
“When I look back at where I was then, I know it was done wrong,” he said. “I’m really sorry. I know it was wrong to do it.”
Donald Trump has always denied having a relationship with McDougal.
The accusation Trump faces is solely focused on the payment to keep Stormy Daniels quiet.
Details relevant to Karen McDougal are contained in the district attorney’s statement of facts, which is given as background information in the case.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges brought against him.
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BBC-NEWS-SRC: https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-65186853, IMPORTING DATE: 2023-04-05 11:40:07
Francesca Gillette
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